Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : Unveiling the salient features of record Rs 310.20 billion new fiscal year 2025-26 budget of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, announced by the AJK Government on Wednesday, marking the largest budget in the region’s history, the Finance Minister Abdul Majid Khan said in his budget speech in Special budget session of AJK Legislative Assembly in the state metropolis that the budget manifests the state government’s priorities and aspirations for the people across the liberated territory.
The minister presented the following details for ESTIMATE OF RECEIPTS(Rs.in million)
Inland Revenue 85,000.000, Land Record & Settlement 180.000, Stamp 500.000, AJ&KTransport Authority 70.000, Armed Services Board 40.000, Law & Order (Admin .of Justice) 320.000, Home(Police) 250.600, Jails 2.500, Communication & Works 625.000, Education 290.000, Health 252.000, Food 550.000, Agriculture 12.000, WildLife/Fisheries 90.000, Livestock &Dairy Development 50.000, Forests 500.000, Electricity 19,580.000, Printing Press 120.000, Industries 55.500, Labour 6.500, Sericulture 6.500, Minerals 130.000, Tourism 15.000, Social Welfare 0.200, Religious Affairs 90.000, Miscellaneous 1,264.200, Federal Variable Grant 149,000.000, Water Usage Charges 1,000.000, Loan & Advances 1,200.000, Federal Grant for Shuhada & Injured Person 0.000,TOTAL 261,200.000.
Finance ministers gave Estimate of expenditure. (Rs.in million).
General Administration 9,266.500, Board of Revenue 1,987.500, Stamps 48.200, Land Record & Settlement 63.600, Relief & Rehabilitation 2,012.800, Pension 49,000.000, Public Relation 431.300, Law ,Justice, Parliamentary Affairs and 3,895.400, Home(Police) 11,346.600, Jails 472.300, Civil Defense 518.300, Armed Service Board 132.500, Communication & Works 6,702.300, Education 52,786.700, Health 26,274.900, Sports ,Youth, Culture &Transport 247.000, Religious Affairs 422.900, Social Welfare & Women Affairs 991.000, Agriculture 1,304.000, Live stock & Dairy Development 1,185.800, Food 473.700, State Trading 37,994.280, Forests /Wild Life /Fisheries 2,256.700, Cooperative 22.400, Energy and Water Resources 12,927.000, Local Government & Rural Development 1,114.400, Industries ,Labour & Minerals Resources 366.900, Printing Press 176.300, Sericulture 163.800, Tourism & Archaeology 228.700, Miscellaneous(Grants) 31,386.220,
Total 256,200.000
CapitalExpenditure 5,000.000
G.TOTAL 261,200.000
He gave details for ESTIMATES OF DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE. (Rs.in million)
Agriculture/Livestock 900.000, Civil Defence / SDMA 150.000, Development Authorities 345.000, Education 5,000.000, Environment 150.000, Forestry/Watershed 800.000, Fisheries / Wildlife 75.000, Health 6,000.000, Industries/Minerals 920.000, AJKTEVTA 280.000, Governance / Miscellaneous 2,035.000, Transport 30.000, Information & Media Dev 200.000, Information Technology 800.000, Local Govt.& RD 5,000.000, Physical Planning & Housing 2,465.000, Energy and Water Resources 4,800.000, Research & Development 1,400.000, Land Administration & Management 1,150.000, Social Welfare & Women Dev300.000, Sports ,Youth & Culture 500.000, Tourism 700.000, Communication & Works 15,000.000,TOTAL 49,000.000